It appears like this story may simply be getting began after Greg makes a shock cameo within the premiere for season 3. Whereas sitting in a bar to get away from her cranky boyfriend, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wooden) begins up a dialog with a stranger over some drinks. The opposite lady says she can be attempting to get a break from her awful vital different earlier than the digicam pans over to Greg sitting alone consuming dinner. The entire scene is simply a few minutes however offers us a smorgasbord of speculative chatter to investigate earlier than subsequent week’s episode.
Greg is clearly nonetheless very rich and really a lot able to mingle within the aftermath of final season’s Tanya homicide fiasco. Maybe he did inherit his late spouse’s cash after her loss of life, in any other case, it’s onerous to think about how he would have the beautiful penny to journey to Thailand for an additional trip. Why is he returning to the lodge chain affiliated with a criminal offense scene that he’s certainly a suspect in, although?
I additionally discover it fascinating that Greg is now serving because the Tanya determine for his new girlfriend. Whereas Greg was solely with Tanya for her wealth all through the primary two seasons, he’s now the one with the foremost cash in his relationship. He’s a number of a long time older than his new associate which signifies he is perhaps utilizing his fortune to pursue ladies who in any other case wouldn’t give him the time of day.
For plot functions, it’s onerous to think about Greg’s look will solely be a enjoyable nod to the previous. The best way his scowl and villainous look on the digicam because it pans out holds for a number of seconds signifies that there’s something sinister brewing within the character’s thoughts but once more. What’s he as much as? Is he attempting to cover from the authorities by leaping ship to a different overseas nation after Tanya’s loss of life? The present does a fantastic job of introducing new characters similar to Greg’s new girlfriend whereas incorporating the previous into the current. Persistence is vital as we wait to seek out out simply how a lot display time Greg will get, however we predict it might be fairly frivolous to tease followers with a cameo after which not present any extra solutions.
Everybody who goes to the White Lotus is hiding secrets and techniques. Deception and corruption are two of the present’s greatest themes and creator Mike White isn’t precisely ambiguous in his software of those storytelling strategies. Greg’s return acts as one of many largest mysteries of the third season to date and must be the easiest way for the present to proceed crafting an prolonged universe that forces viewers to look at all earlier episodes in the event that they need to perceive totally what’s happening. It additionally helps to ascertain Greg because the present’s final villain in a world filled with unsavory individuals.
